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Android Populating Spinner Data From SQLite Database

This document describes how to populate a spinner dropdown menu in Android from data stored in an SQLite database. It involves creating a DatabaseHandler class to manage database operations like inserting and retrieving label data. Labels are inserted into the database and retrieved to populate the spinner. When a new label is added, the spinner is reloaded to display the updated data from the database.

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Android Populating Spinner Data From SQLite Database

This document describes how to populate a spinner dropdown menu in Android from data stored in an SQLite database. It involves creating a DatabaseHandler class to manage database operations like inserting and retrieving label data. Labels are inserted into the database and retrieved to populate the spinner. When a new label is added, the spinner is reloaded to display the updated data from the database.

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Android Populating Spinner data from

SQLite Database
by Ravi Tamada/ June 24, 2012/ 61 Comments
This is spinner dropdown tutorial which has static data Android Spinner Dropdown Example. In
this tutorial i am explaining how to populate spinner data from SQLite Database. An example of
simple label management module is explained where you can insert new label into SQLite
database and spinner will populated with the set labels from database.

Lets start with creating a new project


1. Create new project in Eclipse IDE by going to File Android Project and fill the required
details. (I named my project as AndroidSpinnerFromSQLite and my main activity class name as
AndroidSpinnerFromSQLiteActivity.java)

Creating SQLite Database Handler Class


2. Create a new class file and name it as DatabaseHandler.java. This SQLite handler class has
following primary function to handle database operations.
public void insertLabel(String label){} // will insert a new label into labels
table
public List<String> getAllLabels(){} // will returns all labels stored in
database

Open your SQLite handler class (DatabaseHandler.java) file and paste the following code.
DatabaseHandler.java

package com.example.androidhive;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import
import
import
import
import

android.content.ContentValues;
android.content.Context;
android.database.Cursor;
android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;

public class DatabaseHandler extends SQLiteOpenHelper {


// Database Version
private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1;
// Database Name
private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "spinnerExample";
// Labels table name
private static final String TABLE_LABELS = "labels";
// Labels Table Columns names
private static final String KEY_ID = "id";
private static final String KEY_NAME = "name";

public DatabaseHandler(Context context) {


super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
}
// Creating Tables
@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
// Category table create query
String CREATE_CATEGORIES_TABLE = "CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_LABELS + "("
+ KEY_ID + " INTEGER PRIMARY KEY," + KEY_NAME + " TEXT)";
db.execSQL(CREATE_CATEGORIES_TABLE);
}
// Upgrading database
@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
// Drop older table if existed
db.execSQL("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + TABLE_LABELS);
// Create tables again
onCreate(db);
}
/**
* Inserting new lable into lables table
* */
public void insertLabel(String label){
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(KEY_NAME, label);

// Inserting Row
db.insert(TABLE_LABELS, null, values);
db.close(); // Closing database connection

/**
* Getting all labels
* returns list of labels
* */
public List<String> getAllLabels(){
List<String> labels = new ArrayList<String>();
// Select All Query
String selectQuery = "SELECT

* FROM " + TABLE_LABELS;

SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
// looping through all rows and adding to list
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
do {
labels.add(cursor.getString(1));
} while (cursor.moveToNext());
}
// closing connection
cursor.close();
db.close();

}
}

// returning lables
return labels;

Creating Spinner Dropdown


3. Open your main.xml and create a spinner dropdown using following xml code. In the following
code i created a simple form with a EditText and a Spinner.
main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<!-- Label -->
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Add New Label"
android:padding="8dip" />
<!-- Input Text -->
<EditText android:id="@+id/input_label"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dip"
android:layout_marginRight="8dip"/>
<!-- Add Button -->
<Button android:id="@+id/btn_add"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Add Label"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dip"
android:layout_marginTop="8dip"/>
<!-- Select Label -->
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Select Label"
android:padding="8dip" />
<!-- Spinner Dropdown -->
<Spinner
android:id="@+id/spinner"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:prompt="@string/spinner_title"
android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dip"
android:layout_marginRight="8dip"
/>
</LinearLayout>

The above xml code will produce following layout.

4. Now open your main activity class and try the following code(In my case
AndroidSpinnerFromSQLiteActivity.java is my main activity). In the following code
loadSpinnerData() is called on onCreate() method to load the spinner data from SQLite
database
Once Add button is clicked, new label is inserted into database

After new label inserted into database, again loadSpinnerData() is called to load the spinner
with newly added data from SQLite database
AndroidSpinnerFromSQLiteActivity.java

package com.example.androidhive;
import java.util.List;
import
import
import
import
import
import
import
import
import
import
import
import

android.app.Activity;
android.content.Context;
android.os.Bundle;
android.view.View;
android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
android.widget.AdapterView;
android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;
android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
android.widget.Button;
android.widget.EditText;
android.widget.Spinner;
android.widget.Toast;

public class AndroidSpinnerFromSQLiteActivity extends Activity implements


OnItemSelectedListener {
// Spinner element
Spinner spinner;
// Add button
Button btnAdd;
// Input text
EditText inputLabel;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// Spinner element
spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);
// add button
btnAdd = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_add);
// new label input field
inputLabel = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.input_label);
// Spinner click listener
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
// Loading spinner data from database
loadSpinnerData();
/**
* Add new label button click listener
* */
btnAdd.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
String label = inputLabel.getText().toString();
if (label.trim().length() > 0) {
// database handler
DatabaseHandler db = new DatabaseHandler(

getApplicationContext());
// inserting new label into database
db.insertLabel(label);
// making input filed text to blank
inputLabel.setText("");
// Hiding the keyboard
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager)
getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(inputLabel.getWindowToken(),
0);
// loading spinner with newly added data
loadSpinnerData();
} else {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please enter label
name",

Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}

});

/**
* Function to load the spinner data from SQLite database
* */
private void loadSpinnerData() {
// database handler
DatabaseHandler db = new DatabaseHandler(getApplicationContext());
// Spinner Drop down elements
List<String> lables = db.getAllLabels();
// Creating adapter for spinner
ArrayAdapter<String> dataAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, lables);
// Drop down layout style - list view with radio button
dataAdapter
.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdo
wn_item);

// attaching data adapter to spinner


spinner.setAdapter(dataAdapter);

@Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,
long id) {
// On selecting a spinner item
String label = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
// Showing selected spinner item
Toast.makeText(parent.getContext(), "You selected: " + label,
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
@Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}

Run your project and always check your log cat to debug your application (If you got force close
errors).
Adding new label in database

Showing spinner data from SQLite database


http://www.androidhive.info/2012/06/android-populating-spinner-data-from-sqlitedatabase/

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